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Re: PerlIO - what next ?
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From:
Simon Cozens
Date:
November 8, 2000 06:01
Subject:
Re: PerlIO - what next ?
Message ID:
20001108140117.A26943@pembro4.pmb.ox.ac.uk
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:50:06PM +0000, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
> Do you want getc($fh) return character or a byte depending on the handle's
> top "layer" ?
I vote yes.
> Likewise does $count = read($fh,$buffer,10); read 10 chars or 10 bytes
> depending on mode ?
Again, I think so.
> How do you want I open a file which is utf8 or shift-jis or whatever?
> What should "binmode" mean now we have layers?
perldoc open?
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